Social work practice with war-related humanitarian refugees through the Refugee Law Project in Uganda

Peninah Kansiime; Sharlotte Tusasiirwe

doi:10.4324/9781315557359

Social work practice with war-related humanitarian refugees through the Refugee Law Project in Uganda

Peninah Kansiime, Sharlotte Tusasiirwe

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

Uganda is one of the top 20 refugee-receiving nations in the world, with an influx of people fleeing conflict-ridden neighbouring countries such as South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Once in Uganda, many encounter personal challenges, while livelihood, legal, socioeconomic, and political issues require community-level responses. It falls mainly to local and international nongovernment organisations (INGOs) such as the Refugee Law Project (RLP), discussed in this chapter, to address these challenges. Also highlighted is social work’s empowerment and rights-based approach to working with war-related humanitarian refugees through the RLP. The chapter begins with a discussion of the socioeconomic and political context in which this work is conducted.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Handbook of Social Work and Social Development in Africa
Editors	Mel Gray
Place of Publication	U.K.
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	341-351
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9781315557359
ISBN (Print)	9781472468512
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315557359
Publication status	Published - 2017

Keywords

Uganda
non-governmental organizations
refugees
social workers

UN SDGs

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Social work practice with war-related humanitarian refugees through the Refugee Law Project in Uganda

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